

{"id":95678,"date":"2021-06-05T15:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T10:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=95678"},"modified":"2021-06-05T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T11:12:07","slug":"a-set-of-videos-from-out-of-india-where-health-worker-pushing-empty-syringe-without-vaccine-viral-on-indian-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/a-set-of-videos-from-out-of-india-where-health-worker-pushing-empty-syringe-without-vaccine-viral-on-indian-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Videos of health workers &#8216;pretending&#8217; to inject COVID vaccine are NOT from India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As countries vaccinate their population against the novel coronavirus, several videos showing healthcare workers administrating empty syringes have surfaced on the Indian social media ecosystem. Facebook user Shashi Dhar Mehta wrote, &#8220;Be careful during vaccination. Don&#8217;t turn your face getting the jab, check if the medicine has been administered or not. The staff only prick the needle and take it out. Be careful during this difficult time.&#8221; He shared four videos to support the claim.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shashidhar.mehta\/posts\/4258107924227782\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shashidhar.mehta\/posts\/4258107924227782\"><p>Be careful during Vaccination<br \/>\n\u091f\u0940\u0915\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u092e\u0941\u0901\u0939 \u0928\u093e \u0918\u0941\u092e\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0902,<br \/>\n\u092f\u0939 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u0947 \u0915\u093f \u0926\u0935\u093e\u0908 \u0905\u0902\u0926\u0930 \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902&#8230;<br \/>\n\u0938\u094d\u091f\u093e\u092b \u0915\u0947\u0935\u0932 \u0938\u0942\u0908 \u091a\u0941\u092d\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0932 \u0932\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u0907\u0938 \u0915\u0920\u093f\u0928 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0924\u0930\u094d\u0915\u0924\u093e \u092c\u0930\u0924\u0947\u0902..\ud83d\udc46\ud83d\udc46<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shashidhar.mehta\">Shashi Dhar Mehta<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shashidhar.mehta\/posts\/4258107924227782\">Wednesday, 2 June 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The videos were also shared on Facebook group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/privatehospitalkiloot\/permalink\/956366971783206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018\u0928\u093f\u091c\u0940 \u0905\u0938\u094d\u092a\u0924\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0932\u0942\u091f\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95679 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2021-06-03-19_23_51-1-\u0928\u093f\u091c\u0940-\u0905\u0938\u094d\u092a\u0924\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u0940-\u0932\u0942\u091f-_-Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2021-06-03-19_23_51-1-\u0928\u093f\u091c\u0940-\u0905\u0938\u094d\u092a\u0924\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u0940-\u0932\u0942\u091f-_-Facebook.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2021-06-03-19_23_51-1-\u0928\u093f\u091c\u0940-\u0905\u0938\u094d\u092a\u0924\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u0940-\u0932\u0942\u091f-_-Facebook-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2021-06-03-19_23_51-1-\u0928\u093f\u091c\u0940-\u0905\u0938\u094d\u092a\u0924\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u0940-\u0932\u0942\u091f-_-Facebook-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several individual users on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AF%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%B9%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%98%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> have amplified the clips.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/raju.jantelman.1\/posts\/3377872069020488\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/raju.jantelman.1\/posts\/3377872069020488\"><p>\u091f\u0940\u0915\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u092e\u0941\u0901\u0939 \u0928\u093e \u0918\u0941\u092e\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0902,<br \/>\n\u092f\u0939 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u0947 \u0915\u093f \u0926\u0935\u093e\u0908 \u0905\u0902\u0926\u0930 \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902&#8230;<br \/>\n\u0928\u0930\u094d\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u093e\u092b \u0915\u0947\u0935\u0932 \u0938\u0942\u0908 \u091a\u0941\u092d\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0932 \u0932\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u0907\u0938 \u0915\u0920\u093f\u0928 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u094d\u0930\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0926 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u0940 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u0926\u094b\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/raju.jantelman.1\">Raju Gantelman<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/raju.jantelman.1\/posts\/3377872069020488\">Tuesday, 1 June 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The videos are also widespread on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AF%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%B9%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%98%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>None of the videos are from India<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Video 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This video shows an elderly woman wearing a dark blue T-shirt getting a vaccine dose in a vehicle. The video shows the healthcare worker insert the needle in the woman&#8217;s arm but not push the syringe to inject the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>A reverse image search of the video&#8217;s keyframes on Google revealed that the video is from the Brazilian city of Goiania. Facebook page &#8216;CBN Goi\u00e2nia&#8217; had posted the video on February 10. The page wrote that the daughter, 57, of an 88-year-old woman, claimed that her mother was not vaccinated by a nurse. The daughter, Luciana Jord\u00e3o, had recorded the video. The nurse apologised upon Jord\u00e3o&#8217;s questioning and gave the excuse that she did not realise that the syringe wasn&#8217;t pushed. CBN contacted the Municipal Health Department for comment and the outlet was told that the matter is under investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cbngoiania\/videos\/418719422516856\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/cbngoiania\/videos\/418719422516856\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DEN\u00daNCIA | A filha de uma idosa de 88 anos denuncia que a m\u00e3e n\u00e3o recebeu a vacina contra a Covid-19 na primeira aplica\u00e7\u00e3o, na manh\u00e3 desta quarta-feira (10), em Goi\u00e2nia. \u00c0 TV Anhanguera ela disse que a enfermeira enfiou a agulha no bra\u00e7o da m\u00e3e, mas n\u00e3o injetou a dose do imunizante. O momento foi filmado pela aposentada Luciana Jord\u00e3o, de 57 anos, filha da idosa. Segundo Luciana, a m\u00e3e s\u00f3 foi devidamente imunizada ap\u00f3s ela perceber que o l\u00edquido na seringa n\u00e3o havia sido aplicado e questionar a enfermeira, durante a vacina\u00e7\u00e3o no Setor Universit\u00e1rio.<\/p>\n<p>Luciana relata que a enfermeira respondeu que havia vacinado, mas, ao ser confrontada sobre o l\u00edquido estar na seringa, pediu desculpas e disse que n\u00e3o tinha percebido. A CBn foi atr\u00e1s de uma resposta da Secretaria Municipal de Sa\u00fade e, segundo a SMS o caso j\u00e1 chegou at\u00e9 eles e que o \u00f3rg\u00e3o est\u00e1 averiguando caso.<\/p>\n<p>#noarnacbn<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cbngoiania\/\">CBN Goi\u00e2nia<\/a> on Wednesday, 10 February 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emaisgoias.com.br\/enfermeira-admite-que-inseriu-agulha-mas-nao-vacinou-idosa-em-goiania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018mais goias\u2019<\/a> reported that the incident took place on February 9 and the nurse was removed from the post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This video shows a healthcare worker using an empty syringe on an elderly man. Alt News had debunked this video in April.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of the digital verification tool InVid, Alt News broke the video into multiple keyframes, then performed a Google reverse image search of one of the keyframes. We found that the video is from Mexico. A report published by the Mexican newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eluniversal.com.mx\/metropoli\/video-viral-imss-retira-de-vacunacion-enfermera-que-fingio-vacuna-adulto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">El Universal<\/a> stated that the incident occurred in Macro Vaccination Unit based at the National School of Biological Sciences Zacatenco Unit of National Polytechnic Institute (IPN).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMSS retira de vacunaci\u00f3n a enfermera que fingi\u00f3 vacunar a adulto mayor en la GAM\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KciX--g6hrU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A press release issued by the Secretariat of Health of Mexico City informed, &#8220;This event was reported by a family member accompanying the elderly adult, who was offered an apology and proceeded to apply the vaccine correctly, without major complications in the presence of his family, who in turn witnessed the procedure and reported on their social networks that the situation was corrected. It is reported that the volunteer vaccinator was removed from the corresponding vaccination cell.&#8221; [Translated via Google translate]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">\u26a0\ufe0f TARJETA INFORMATIVA\u26a0\ufe0f<br \/>\nCon relaci\u00f3n a los hechos ocurridos en la jornada de vacunaci\u00f3n de ayer en la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biol\u00f3gicas del Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico Nacional, la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sedesa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sedesa<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tu_IMSS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tu_IMSS<\/a> lamentan lo ocurrido e informan lo siguiente: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PYnWtea2rL\">pic.twitter.com\/PYnWtea2rL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretar\u00eda de Salud de la Ciudad de M\u00e9xico (@SSaludCdMx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SSaludCdMx\/status\/1378533305725882368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Video 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The third video was shared on social media as an incident from Indonesia but Indonesia-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antaranews.com\/berita\/2080930\/hoaks-vaksinasi-lantatur-hanya-menancapkan-jarum-suntik-di-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antara News<\/a> published a fact-check report stating that the incident took place in Brazil. &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/turnbackhoax.id\/2021\/04\/02\/salah-vaksin-di-drive-thrue-banyak-yg-dibohongin-begini-sdm-kita\/?fbclid=IwAR1w_hvjrtv4lJDu0bFbS_6CwQnHRveysznt7Jm6ntXYlua6mFG1MFvY3sA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turnbackhoax<\/a>&#8216; also published a fact-check which said that the video has been circulating on <a href=\"https:\/\/br.ifunny.co\/video\/Bl0jVYHN8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brazilian websites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95681 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2021-06-03-21_39_41-SALAH-_vaksin-di-Drive-thrue-banyak-yg-dibohongin-Begini-SDM-kita_-TurnBackH.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"899\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2021-06-03-21_39_41-SALAH-_vaksin-di-Drive-thrue-banyak-yg-dibohongin-Begini-SDM-kita_-TurnBackH.jpg 899w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2021-06-03-21_39_41-SALAH-_vaksin-di-Drive-thrue-banyak-yg-dibohongin-Begini-SDM-kita_-TurnBackH-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2021-06-03-21_39_41-SALAH-_vaksin-di-Drive-thrue-banyak-yg-dibohongin-Begini-SDM-kita_-TurnBackH-768x741.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Argentinian website \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minutouno.com\/brasil-enganan-la-poblacion-fingiendo-aplicar-vacunas-el-covid-n5181945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">minutouno<\/a>\u2018 too reported that the incident took place in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another video of a nurse removing the needle without injecting the vaccine was shared by Ecuador-based Twitter handle @gabriela_ma94 on April 26. Former Minister of Health of Ecuador Dr Camilo Salinas responded to the handle that the nurse and the patient have been identified and an investigation has been launched.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Saludos<br \/>\nTenemos identificado al enfermero y el paciente .<br \/>\nSe inicia la investigaci\u00f3n daremos detalles pronto.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr.Camilo Salinas Ochoa (@CamiloSalinasOF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CamiloSalinasOF\/status\/1386436690084958208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/26\/ecuador-auditara-sistema-vacunados-covid-19-orix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN\u00a0en Espa\u00f1ol reported<\/a> that Secretary-General of the Cabinet of the President of Ecuador Jorge Wated said that the man, 55, fraudulently passed the queue for people above 65 years of age to get vaccinated. The nurse did not vaccinate him at first, as seen in the video, but later did give him a dose. They were both detained for investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Health of Ecuador had tweeted a press release on April 26 itself that said the nurse was identified. The incident took place at a vaccination centre in Mucho Lote in Guayaquil.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">COMUNICADO | Ante lo ocurrido hoy en el punto de vacunaci\u00f3n <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuchoLote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuchoLote<\/a>, informamos a la ciudadan\u00eda que el profesional de la salud fue identificado y ser\u00e1 investigado por las autoridades pertinentes.<\/p>\n<p>Mant\u00e9ngase informado por los canales oficiales. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4LaWYvjXUs\">pic.twitter.com\/4LaWYvjXUs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Salud_Ec (@Salud_Ec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Salud_Ec\/status\/1386474259497816067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A set of videos from across the world have been circulating in India with the false claim that healthcare workers are inserting needles and taking them out without administering vaccines on patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As countries vaccinate their population against the novel coronavirus, several videos showing healthcare workers administrating empty syringes have surfaced on the Indian social media ecosystem. Facebook user Shashi Dhar Mehta wrote, &#8220;Be careful during vaccination. Don&#8217;t turn your face getting the jab, check if the medicine has been administered or not. 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